BLACK STO RK 



PLATE CLXIL FIGURE II. 



Ciconia nigra, .... FLEMING. SELBY. 

 Ardea nigra, .... MONTAGU. 



THIS species, only a straggler in Britain, builds its nest, 

 which is rather large, on the summit of the loftiest pine 

 and other trees, in secluded marshy woods in the south 

 of Europe ; clefts and ledges of rocky cliffs are utilised. The 

 foundation of sticks is finished with smaller twigs, rushes, 

 feathers, hair, and all sorts of suitable lining. 



The eggs, three to five in number, are of a greyish 

 white colour. 



